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THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE. 



[January 27, 1912. 



EDITORIAL NOTICE. 



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 W.C 



Letters for Publication, as well as specimens of plants 

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Local New '%.— Correspondents will greatly oblige by setuiing to 

 th' Editors early intelligence of local events likely to be of 

 interest to our readets, or of any matters whichit is desirable 

 to bring under the notice of horticulturists. 



Illustrations. - The Editors will be glad to receive and to select 

 photographs or draivings, suitable for reproduction, of 

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tion with that national event, the Benevo- 

 lent Institution received a greater mea- 

 sure of support than in any previous 

 year ; and the Committee acted in the 

 same liberal spirit by making a larger 

 annual grant in the relief of distress than 

 they had ever made before. These facts 



half of the widow. He stated that he had 

 attended four annual meetings in the in- 

 terests of the widow, who, but for the 

 kindly act of the Committee and members, 

 would have been condemned to yet 

 another weary period of waiting. 

 We are not unmindful of the fact that 



should inspire a feeling of profound grate- the Victoria Era Fund gives some assist- 



fulness, which will be increased by the 



ance during this period of suspense to 



annual meeting. 



Mr. Harry Veitch, whose unsparing 

 labours on behalf of this Institution de- 



knowledge that 23 new pensioners were candidates who have subscribed to the In- 

 added to the list of beneficiaries at the stitution, but the amount of help which it 



is capable of rendering is not adequate, 

 as is shown by the gift of £20 by 



-- Mr. Sherwood to the unsuccessful candi- 



serve the lasting thanks of all who are dates last week. Nor do we forget that 

 interested in gardening, or who have the Institution has in its Samaritan Fund 

 sympathy with philanthropic work, was a further means of relieving acute 

 able to point to willing colleagues at distress even in cases where the applicant 

 Worcester, at Reading and other places for relief has never assisted the Institu- 

 where local auxiliaries are achieving excel- tion by contributions. All these agencies 



lent work in making known the objects of 

 the charity, and in the collection of funds. 



are beneficient, but they are not sufficient, 

 and fresh sources of income are urgently 



APPOINTMENTS FOR THE ENSUING WEEK. Mr. Arthur Sutton, Mr. Sherwood and required. The Committee will do well to 



THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1— 

 Linnean Soc. meet. 



SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 3- 



Soc. Frar^aise d'Hort. de Londres meet 



consider whether it is possible to make 

 a collection at the forthcoming Inter- 

 national Show. It is reasonable to 



Average Mean Temperature for the ensuing week 

 deduced from observations during the last Fifty Year< 

 at Greenwich— 88"4°. *" 



•Actual Temperatures: — 



London.— Wednesday 9 January 24 (6 p.m.): Max. 47°; 



Min. 39°. 



Gardeners' Chronicle Office, 41, Wellington Street. 

 Covent Garden, London —Thursday, January 25 

 (10 a.m.) : Bar. 29-3°; Temp. 42°; Weather— 

 Dull. 



Provinces.— Wednesday, January 24: Max 42° Mid- 



lands; Min. 33* Yorkshire. 



Mr. Monro, only to mention a few of the 

 men who constantly exhibit a liberality 

 that deserves public recognition, are still 

 working for the interests of the Institu- assume that the exhibition will be visited 

 tion, but nevertheless gaps occur in the by many wealthy people of this and other 

 ranks from time to time. Last year death lands. The circumstances would there- 

 claimed two members of the Committee fore appear to be propitious for making 

 in Mr. James Douglas, whose services ex- an international appeal on behalf of the 

 tended over a very long period, and Mr. gardening charities. It may also be found 

 James Walker, who was elected a mem- useful to have a stall for the distributing 

 ber only a year or so ago. These sad, °^ literature. In any case, no opportunity 

 inevitable events make it all important of obtaining further support must be 

 that others should undertake a share of allo ! e , d .*° sli ? whilst there are so many 

 the work that still remains to be done. 



SALES FOR THE ENSUING WEEK. 



MONDAY and WEDNESDAY - 



Rose Trees, Fruit Trees, Perennials &c, at 12.30, 

 at Stevens's Auction Rooms, 38, King Street, Covent 

 GarJen. 



MONDAY and FRIDAY— 



He baceous and other Plants, Hardy B jibs, &c, at 12; 

 2,000 Roses and Fruit Trees, at 1.30 ; at 67 & 63, Cheap- 

 side, E.C., by Protheroe & Morris. 



'TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY and FRIDAY— 

 Nursery Stock at the Nurseries, South Woodford, by 

 order of Mr. J. Eraser, by Protheroe & Morris, at 11.30. 



"WEDNESDAY— 



Japanese Lilies and other Hardy Bulbs, Perennials and 

 Other Plants, at 12; Roses and Fruit Trees, at 1.30; 

 1 ins and Plants, at 5 ; at 67 & 68, Cheapside, E.C., 

 by Protheroe & Morris. 



More and more workers are needed : the 

 receipts increase, but the number of 

 necessitous cases increases more rapidly ! 

 So much is this the case that, notwith- 

 standing the splendid work the In- 

 stitution achieves it would appear that 

 only a small, proportion of the num- 



of applicants for assistance can 

 be granted permanent relief. It is 

 true that £l,000 is distributed in re- 



every month, and that 23 pen- 

 sioners were elected at the recent, meet- 



candidates whose poignant voices the 

 Committee hears year by year with 

 sympathy, but whose pleading goes 

 unanswered for lack of funds. 



ber 



lief 



Our Supplementary Illustration. — It 



would be difficult to show two tree trunks of the 

 same species more diverse in their general 

 aspect than those we now illustrate in 

 fig. 30 and Supplementary Illustration. The 

 Queen Beech in Ashridge Park is, of its 

 type of tree, no doubt the finest Beech in 

 the British Isles. According to Mr. Elwes {Trees 



The 



Benevolent. c ' a i ms °f charity than those 



who for pleasure or profit 



are connected with horticulture. Thanks 

 to this generous spirit horticulture is 

 able to maintain two great charities 

 for the relief of aged gardeners, gar- 

 deners' widows, and the orphan children 



ing, but these were selected from a list of of Great Britain and Ireland, p. 20), it is be- 

 71 candidates! Only one in three was tween 130 feet and 135 feet high, and has at- 

 tained a greater height than any other deciduous 

 tree in Great Britain except the Elm. Its trunk 

 is, as may be seen from the illustration, a per- 

 fectly straight and slightly tapering column. To 

 the first branch it measures about 80 feet, and 



There are few people who successful in his appeal to the suffrage of 

 are more responsive to the the subscribers. Surely whilst this state 



of things exists there are urgent needs 

 for the creation of fresh auxiliaries in all 

 parts of the country, for hard workers 



cetum, vol. iii., p. 1.977, he gives a figure of it. 

 At that time (1837) it was 100 feet high and 

 10 feet in girth at 2 feet from the ground. To 



who will support and further the efforts ^ ^ a * 5 **' is *?. feet 3 inches ' LoUD ° N 

 of the Committee and Secretary in Lon- ^Z ti ^ ^t^^lST 

 don, and for large-hearted employers who 

 § . . , , „ f f f , , will give of their plenty towards the sup- AV 1CCL m gnui aL z lee , Irom tfte a AU 



of gardeners who fall out of the ranks port of a class of men that contributes so have assumed its present form and developed 



early in life before they have opportum- much to the amenities of their estates. 



ties to provide for those dependent upon How long some of the candidates have 



them. In each instance the charity is to wait was evident from an incident that 



supported by voluntary contributions sub-- transpired at the meeting. The election of 



scribed in many cases by men who are but the 20 candidates had taken place and a 



moderately recompensed for the skilled candidate had been selected to receive the 



services which they render to their year's pension volunteered by Mr. Arthur 



employers. 



Sutton, when the meeting generously de- 



Such thoughts as these arise in the termined by vote to place on the funds 

 minds of those who read the annual re- two of the most necessitous cases of those 



still unprovided for. The selection fell on 

 a gardener aged 86 and a gardener's 

 widow, and directly the resolution was 

 adopted there rose from the body of the 



port of the Gardeners' Royal Benevolent 

 Institution which we print on another 

 page. Notwithstanding that last year 

 •witnessed the Coronation, and that money 



this beautiful trunk it must, of course, have been 

 drawn up by companion trees growing pretty 

 close to it in its early days. Ashridge Park is 

 remarkable for the number, variety and quality 

 of its Beeches. There could be no greater con- 

 trast between the grace and regal height of the 

 Queen Beech and the twisted, gnarled, contorted 

 veteran whose trunk is the subject of the other 

 illustration. Many of the Beeches on this de- 

 mesne were pollarded when young, and this may 

 be one of them. It suggests, at any rate, the 

 rugged giants of a similar type at Burnham, 

 which are known to have been pollarded in earlier 

 times. The beauty and the peculiarities of tree 

 trunks afford, in the winter season especially, 



-was raised for many purposes in connec- room a subscriber to return thanks on be- material for very pleasing study. We allude more 



